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1. U.S. seizes oil tanker off Venezuela, Trump says

   

2. Gaza aid deliveries falling short of ceasefire terms: AP analysis

   

   Aid deliveries into Gaza are falling far short of the amount called for under the U.S.-brokered ceasefire, according to an Associated Press analysis of the Israeli military's figures as humanitarian groups say the shortfall is severely impacting the strip's two million people.

3. Venezuelan opposition leader Machado greets supporters in Norway after Nobel ceremony

   

   Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado appeared in public for the first time in 11 months early Thursday morning, when she waved to supporters at a hotel in Norway's capital hours after her daughter accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on her behalf.

4. Climate change supercharged cyclone damage in parts of Asia, study finds

   

   Deadly cyclones with torrential rains are supercharged by warming temperatures, says a new report by the World Weather Attribution group. At least 1,600 people were killed after Cyclones Senyar and Ditwah tore through Malaysia, Thailand and Sri Lanka in late November.

5. Is Trump’s stark new security strategy the end of the liberal world order? Europeans will need convincing

   

   European leaders must decide whether to reject or embrace the conclusions of U.S. President Donald Trump’s new security strategy. It berates and insults them and calls into question some of the key premises of collective security that have helped protect the continent for eight decades.